diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_print_interfaces.fish b/share/functions/__fish_print_interfaces.fish
index 01a497640..3677bd409 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_print_interfaces.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_print_interfaces.fish
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 function __fish_print_interfaces --description "Print a list of known network interfaces"
     if test -d /sys/class/net
-        set -l interfaces /sys/class/net/*
-        string replace /sys/class/net/ '' $interfaces
+        path basename /sys/class/net/*
     else # OSX/BSD
         set -l os (uname)
         if string match -e -q BSD -- $os